The government has taken a bigger chunk out of my wallet than I expected, but that's okay with me. Every penny they extort is well spent.
[url]http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,574 4,18152424%5E2703,00.html[/url]
WASHINGTON: The $US2000 debit cards issued after Hurricane Katrina to buy emergency supplies were used in some cases to pay for gambling, pornographic movies, tattoos and even a diamond engagement ring, according to two government reports that detail grotesque fraud and mismanagement in which hundreds of millions of dollars were squandered.
The fraud was on such a scale that emergency aid was paid to almost one million bogus applicants, hindering the Bush administration's response to the disaster.
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The two audits of the $US2.3billion in emergency cash spent in the weeks after the hurricane found that 900,000 of the 2.5million applicants who received federal aid did so after fraudulent claims. Edited by: Bart
[url]http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,574 4,18152424%5E2703,00.html[/url]
WASHINGTON: The $US2000 debit cards issued after Hurricane Katrina to buy emergency supplies were used in some cases to pay for gambling, pornographic movies, tattoos and even a diamond engagement ring, according to two government reports that detail grotesque fraud and mismanagement in which hundreds of millions of dollars were squandered.
The fraud was on such a scale that emergency aid was paid to almost one million bogus applicants, hindering the Bush administration's response to the disaster.
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The two audits of the $US2.3billion in emergency cash spent in the weeks after the hurricane found that 900,000 of the 2.5million applicants who received federal aid did so after fraudulent claims. Edited by: Bart